Washboiler-basket.



W. W. WILKINSON.

WASHBOILER BASKET.

APPLICATION FILLED JUNE 1, 1908.

903,649. Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM W. WILKINSON, OF OYNTHIANA, INDIANA.

WASHB OILE R-B ASKE'I.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VILLIAM IV. IVILKIN- SON, a citizen of the UnitedStates,'residing at Cynthiana, in the county of Posey and State ofIndiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inVashboiler- Baskets; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in clothes baskets for washboilers in which clothes to be washed are placed, the basket beingadapted to be lowered to the bottom of the boiler while the clothes arebeing boiled, and being provided with means whereby the basket may besupported in an elevated position after the clothes have been boiled.

IVith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be more fully descibed and particularly pointed out in the appendedclaims.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the device applied toa wash boiler, the same being represented in elevated position; Fig. 2isa cross section, with the basket lowered and, Fig. 3 is a plan view ofthe basket.

In the accompanying drawings 1 indicates a wash boiler, which as shownis of rectangular form, and 2 the clothes basket, which as shown is madeof wire gauze, or other suitable material and is of the proper Thisbasket is provided at its central or intermediate portion, and at eachside with a handle 3, preferably made of a single piece of wire bent toform parallel side pieces e, which are pivoted to the wire basket.

In carrying out the invention the inner or .connected ends of the sidepieces t of the handles are extended to form hook portions 5, which areadapted to engage with the upper side edges of the side pieces 6 of theboiler in order to support the clothes basket in elevated position.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 1, 1908.

Patented Nov. 10, 1908.

Serial No. 436,094.

As shown in Fig. 2 when the basket is lowered into the boiler thehandles may be folded inwardly out of the way to permit the lid or coverof the boiler being placed in position. hen the clothes have beensufficiently boiled the basket is elevated to the top of the boiler andheld supported in such position by means of the hook portions 5 of thehandles which are engaged with the upper side edges of the side piecesof the boiler.

I11 practice, one of the handles is provided with a suitable hook 5 totightly receive the other handle whereby the handles may be held at thedesired angular relation with the basket and out of the water when thebasket is in lowered position.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted to without departing from the prin ciple orsacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in theappended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent is In combination with a wash boiler, a clothes basketmade of wire netting or other reticulated material arrangedtherein,handles comprising side pieces pivoted at the opposite sides ofthe basket, the inner ends of the side pieces of the handles terminatingin hooks adapted to engage the upper edge of the boiler and support thebasket in elevated position, and a hook carried by one of the handles totightly receive the other handle with the basket in lowered position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- IIQSSOS.

WILLIAM W. IVILKINSON.

IVitnesses JOHN B. SMITH, MARY B. SMITH.

